St. Teresa of Avila

 Catholic Community

THE OFFICE IS CLOSED BUT WE WILL BE ANSWERING THE PHONES FROM 9 AM - 5 PM MONDAY - FRIDAY.   WE WILL ALSO BE PICKING UP THE MAIL WEEKLY FROM THE POST OFFICE.

THE CHURCH IS CLOSED FOR INDIVIDUAL PRAYER, RECONCILIATION OR ANY OTHER GATHERINGS.

 ADORATION IS CANCELLED.

THE BAPTISM CLASS FOR JUNE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF YOU HAVE A NAME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN OUR MASS INTENTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL THE CHURCH AT: stteresa@stteresaofavila.net
AND PUT UNDER THE TOPIC: MASS INTENTION.  Thanks.

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TEACHING POSITION:

St. Teresa School is looking for a junior high math teacher. Please call Peggy
at 775-882-2079  st 101 or email,  pburger@stts.org, for more information.  Retired teachers welcome!!

  St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School
Now enrolling for Grades Preschool-8th Grades
Please contact the school for more information.
775-882-2079 or access our web site by clicking the school link above.

Facebook Message from Bishop Calvo

Jesus wants us to rest on his heart, like St. John, and the Sacred Heart devotion is an opportunity for us to encounter him more than just on Sundays and to deepen our love of him.

12 Promises of the Sacred Heart Devotion

• I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
• I will establish peace in their homes.
• I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
• I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
• I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
• Sinners will find in my heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
• Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
• Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
• I will bless every place in which an image of my heart is exposed and honored.
• I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
• Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.
• I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

ALL parishioners of St. Teresa of Avila: 
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are asking all parishioners to respect one another by following the rules that are set in place for the well-being of all. We at St. Teresa’s are very concerned for the community and take this seriously.
St. Teresa’s Church hours have changed to the following:
                The Church will be closed for individual prayer, reconciliation any other gatherings. 
                The office will be closed but we will be checking our messages and picking up our mail.  If you need assistance, please call the church at 882-1968

This is a sad and hard time for all people.  As you know I am a firm believer in community joining and praying for the world. I ask that all will continue to pray and remember you do not have to be in a church for God to hear the prayers.  Each one of you are important to God, the Church and our community.
Stay home and pray, God is listening. Remember God is in control so please listen to Him. Help your neighbor if they need assistance. Maybe everything that is happening is God’s way of getting our attention to love one another.
 

CDC Guidelines (Word doc download)

DIOCESE OF RENO
Resuming Public Masses in the Diocese of Reno
in the Time of the COVID 19 Pandemic
Starting on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, June 7, 2020, parishes in the Diocese of Reno may resume public Masses provided they are ready to proceed with the necessary safety provisions. Under the State of Nevada’s Phase Two, houses of worship are limited to gatherings of no more than 50 people.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into consideration the needs of others and the common good” (CCC 2288). This moral teaching has guided and will continue to guide our safety protocols during the novel Coronavirus pandemic, especially since there is currently no vaccine or proven treatment. Providing a safe environment is paramount as we gather together to worship God, the author of life and source of all goodness.
The protocols for safety follow guidelines and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, the State of Nevada, the resources provided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic liturgical and medical experts, and the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
Respect Life
We are called to respect life from the moment of conception to natural death. It is nothing less than a moral obligation for each of us to be considerate of one another’s health and safety when we come to church. All are asked to follow the protocols for safety in the spirit of justice and charity: in justice, for we owe it to each other as brothers and sisters to care about one another’s life; in charity, for we follow the Golden Rule which Jesus preached in his Sermon on the Mount, “Do unto others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets” (Matthew 7:12).
Some may object or disagree with a given protocol, but all are asked to abide with them. The peace that marks the sanctuary for worship is neither the time nor the place for arguments or confrontation. For the sake of all, some may be called to put aside personal opinion or sacrifice convenience. Let us all take to heart St. Paul’s admonition: “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace unto which you were also called in one body” (Col. 3:12; 15).
Vulnerable Persons
While anyone of any age can come down with COVID 19, there are those of us who have a higher risk of severe illness if infected. The Centers for Disease Control lists as vulnerable persons people 65 years and older and people of any age with underlying
health issues: asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease being treated with dialysis, diabetes, compromised immunity, liver disease, severe heart conditions, and severe obesity. The federal guidelines “Opening Up America Again” advise vulnerable individuals to stay at home during the initial phases of reopening.
A large number of parishioners fall in this category. Some who are 65 years and older may feel healthy enough to shop for groceries or even resume work. We ask them to consult with their health care providers and assess the level of risk if they should choose to come to church. We care about people defined as “vulnerable” but also want to minimize the health risks for them. We also expect individuals to take responsibility for their health.
Some priests, deacons, Eucharistic ministers, and greeters are in the category of vulnerable persons. They are all asked to consult with their health care providers if they are to assume liturgical ministry and under what conditions this would be safe for them. There will be necessary adjustments that all are asked to respect.
Parishes should consider having special liturgies only for vulnerable people of limited duration and with an overabundance of social distancing.
Dispensation from the Obligation of Sunday Mass
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the bishop has granted a dispensation from the obligation of Sunday Mass in the Diocese of Reno to anyone who should not attend Mass for health reasons or who do not feel safe in coming to church. This dispensation continues until further notice.
Parishes are encouraged to continue livestreaming Masses for those who are not able to attend in person.
What Will Be Prepared for You When You Come to Church
The church will be cleaned and surface areas and door knobs/handles will be sanitized. There will be hand sanitizing dispensers as you enter and seating will be arranged for social distancing. Social distancing is defined as a minimum of 6 ft. of physical separation front and back and sides.
What We Ask You to Do When You Come
1. If you are feeling sick, have a fever, are coughing or sneezing, please stay at home.
2. Please exercise personal hygiene and use the available hand sanitizer.
3. Please, please wear a facial mask. Do it for your neighbor. Wear a mask out of respect for the sanctity of each other’s God-given life. Let it be your offering as you partake of the fruits of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Justice done for
one’s neighbor is a pleasing offering to God as the prophets proclaimed. Children two years and younger should not wear a mask.
4. Please leave your name and contact information. Some parishes will ask you to call or email your church your intention to attend a certain Mass or you can bring in this information and drop it in a box or other receptacle at the church’s entrance. Contact tracing is a vital part of containing the spread of Covid 19. Churches that have this information make it readily available for health authorities to do the necessary contact tracing. In churches that do not have this information, news media will have to inform the public and parishes will need to figure out who attended a Mass where there has been exposure to the Coronavirus.
5. Observe social distancing. Seating in the church will be marked for this purpose. Families and couples can sit together but others apart.
6. There will be no handshakes, holding hands, hugs or other forms of physical contact unless people are members of the same household. For the kiss of peace, please greet each other in an appropriate non-contact way.
7. For communion, please follow directions for social distancing. To safeguard against any potential transmission of the virus, communion will only be given in the hand. Communion will not be administered on the tongue because of the health risk involved. One may claim a right to receive communion on the tongue, but this is not an absolute right; the right to life supersedes it. The right to life is a natural right; the right to receive on the tongue is a right given by the church. An essential disposition for reception of communion is reverence and the practice of communion in the hand extends back to the earliest days of the Church and understood as no less reverent. The disposition of one’s mind and heart determines reverence in reception.
 

 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The text of Bishop Gainer’s homily from the July 4th, 2013 Mass is copied below in its entirety. Fortnight for Freedom Homily by Bishop Ronald W. Gainer on July 4, 2013. …History has it that, as he left the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin was asked, "What kind of government have you fashioned?" He responded, "A Republic – if you can keep it." Franklin's comment, “If you can keep it,” clearly indicates his keen awareness that it would always be a struggle for the citizens of this new nation to preserve, build upon and protect this innovative, never before seen form of constitutional government, known as the United States of America. But for 237 years each successive generation of U.S. citizens has been able to honor the founding principles, to work, to sacrifice in order that we can keep this precious gift of our nation both as a blessing from God and as the fruit of human wisdom and collective endeavor. And so today on the Fourth of July across the nation, we celebrate freedom and we recall the basic principles that prompted the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, namely, our unchanging and unchangeable conviction that we enjoy certain unalienable rights and that the laws of the land – if they be good laws – recognize and protect those rights for individuals and for lawful associations of individuals. Each successive generation of Americans has recognized that our Founding Fathers never thought that they had produced a perfect government but each generation of citizens has honored the vision and worked eagerly and tirelessly to make this American experiment a beacon of light, a true success and a helping hand among the family of nations. As we celebrate our nation's independence today with pride, joy and gratitude we cannot afford to ignore that we are presently engaged in a public debate and struggle of great consequence. The outcome of this conflict will determine whether our generation will be true to the past and guarantee for the future the truths and principles that are foundational to these United States. The mounting threats to religious liberty and the increasing threats against the First Amendment rights of people of religious conscience require a clear, firm and persistent response, if we are to meet Franklin’s challenge and “keep the Republic.” Let me point out just two issues at the heart of our current battle. The first issue is that the very words and phrases used to frame today's public debate can no longer be assumed to have the same signification, a common meaning. Words like person and gender, phrases such as “health care” and “religious freedom, ” and the very word “marriage” for centuries had a fairly univocal meaning and, although people certainly arrived at different moral conclusions regarding those terms, there was a common language through which rational debate could take place. Additionally, there were certain assumptions – recognized as valid from time immemorial – that formerly served as a foundation for conversations about morality. Today those assumptions are no longer commonly shared. When the church teaches, when the church reasons about good and evil, about morality and immorality, we do so convinced of the existence of unchanging and unchangeable, objective truths that are not of our own creation, that we are able to know and that are binding on us. This very conviction – the starting point of our Catholic moral argument - is laughable to many in today's world. Right or wrong, they contend, can be determined by polls. If the majority seems to favor something, then it is canonized as being right and good. If only a minority favors a particular agenda, it will only be a matter of time until the ill-informed majority will change their minds on the subject. This troubling reality was identified and analyzed very skillfully last Thursday evening at our Fortnight for Freedom event hosted at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. We need to understand that the very terms we use and the very assumptions upon which our arguments rest are not acceptable and have a very different meaning among those who disagree with us. A second issue at the heart of this public struggle is something that has been brewing over recent years but now has risen to the level of an unquestioned assertion and has become a most effective weapon in the arsenal of those who want to limit and even eliminate religious freedom. I’m talking about the dreaded labels of intolerance and bigotry. Let’s just limit this issue to a brief consideration of the current attacks on the institution of marriage which, of course, necessarily constitute attacks on the family and children. It is unquestionable that there is a growing hostility toward anyone who defends marriage as the union for life of one man and one woman. This definition was recognized in pagan Roman society and has been virtually unquestioned until the present. Until recently, few would question that this traditional understanding of marriage was, in fact, the bedrock of society. However today, to defend that traditional definition of marriage is to earn the label “bigot” and to be categorized as a hateful, close-minded individual.  Let me relate to you a recent experience of my own after preaching last Saturday at the 50th anniversary of the founding of St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. The story of this hospital is an amazing success story of Catholic health care. In the course of the homily I mentioned the current threats to our Catholic hospitals and our need to be firm and persevering regarding the right to deliver healthcare according to our Catholic values. I pointed out that this was not something that had to be addressed in the homilies for the 20th or 25th or even 40th anniversary of Saint Claire’s Hospital but that this threat cannot be ignored today. After Mass I was greeting people in the vestibule of the church and a woman came to me and rather angrily advised me, "You need to educate yourself on the separation of church and state." I asked, "What do you mean?" Her response was, "I'm sick and tired of the Catholic Church imposing its teachings on the general public." I attempted to explain that that is not what we are doing but we want to protect the right to deliver healthcare according to our values and conscience. Her parting words were, “You will not win this. You are going to lose.” My final words were, “I'm sorry you feel that way because, if we lose in this battle, all Americans lose." Like that angry person, so many people fail to understand that it is not about the “pill;” it’s about the “bill” – the Bill of Rights and the protection of religious freedom. We are not in the business of imposing Catholic beliefs on the general public but we have every right to offer our services to the general public without compromising our Catholic beliefs. 

Dearly Beloved Parishioners,


On Friday, June 19, 2020, we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  About 350 years ago, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in France, asking her to spread devotion to His Most Sacred Heart, and He promised great graces to those who would honor Him in this way.

In French, the word for heart is “coeur,” the word Our Lord would have used with St. Margaret Mary. It’s very similar to the English word “core,” and we can rightfully say that the heart is at the core of a person. The heart is where our deepest thoughts and desires are and what dictates our actions – good or bad. We must constantly work on the motives of our heart, and what better role model to follow than Our Lord? He said: “Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart” (Matthew 11:29).

To honor this special day, I will offer Mass for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 8 am PT on Friday, June 19, 2020, during which we will renew our consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Please attend the mass via www.stteresaofavila.net or via YouTube or calling the Parish Office for your sign up 
We will be able to accommodate 50 people..

Thank you ..
 

 Beloved in Christ,
 
 
Jesus promises to send the Spirit which will help us to see Jesus even when he vanishes from their sight.  His name is Paraclete, an advocate, a counselor and a defender to help them.  Jesus calls the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Truth and this Spirit is promised to all of us to be with us always.  Jesus will not leave his disciples orphans .This is the reason of our hope as a Christian that whatever may happen around us He is in perfect control.  He is the Son of God who knows that those who trust in Him and follow his call to selfless love in this world is guaranteed a life beyond this world …a life that never ends. This makes us to make a difference as a true disciple. The Holy Spirit is the one who reminds us of Jesus’ teaching, and the Truth .This truth has power to liberate us from every ignorance and darkness we are facing. The truth that the Spirit gives us liberates us to be free from any enslavement .The commandment to love is not a blind commandment to follow but a loving commandment that Jesus gives us to be God’s beloved sons and daughters .This is our identity and the world will come to know that we are Christians by our love .The Spirit invigorates us to be missionary disciples like Philip who went to Samaria.
Fr. Tom Babu, Pastor

We would like to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts!    We have been getting weekly and monthly donations that have helped us to “keep the lights on” as they say.  We know that during these tough times, our Church may not be the first or last thing you think of when deciding what to do with your money each month. We truly appreciate what you have been able to do for us.  The staff at St. Teresa’s are still working, though you may not see us regularly, except on the internet with our Masses.  We continue to maintain our building and get it ready so that hopefully soon we will all be able to worship together in our beautiful church.  We are also continuing to work in our various ministries, however in a different way.  These are truly unprecedented times!
We wanted to let you know that there are several ways you can support us financially, if you are able.

1. You can mail your envelope or check to the church:  St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Community 3000 N. Lompa Lane Carson City, NV 89706.
2. You can go to our website:  www.stteresaofavila.net and click on the On Line Giving button. It will direct you on how to send in a one-time or recurring donation.
3. You can go to the Virtual Parish Offering Plate found on the Diocese of Reno’s website:  www.renodiocese.org.  Then scroll down to Support Ministry Today and click on that. Then you will find a picture that says;

“Ways to Give to keep the Light Shining”.It will guide you to giving to our Parish.
 
As always we are continuing to keep you in our prayers and look forward to the time when we can be together to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.
God Bless,
Fr. Tom, Fr. Eduardo and The Staff of St. Teresa’s Catholic Community

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